Conference Summary
| Overall | Bowls | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Conference | Schs | G | W | L | Pct | G | W | L | Pct | SRS | SOS | Pre | Final | Champion |
| 1 | Southeastern Conference | 14 | 182 | 113 | 69 | .621 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 10.70 | 5.56 | 5 | 6 | Alabama |
| 2 | Big 12 Conference | 10 | 128 | 72 | 56 | .563 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.52 | 4.07 | 4 | 3 | Oklahoma |
| 3 | Big Ten Conference | 14 | 179 | 97 | 82 | .542 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 6.16 | 4.42 | 5 | 5 | Ohio State |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast Conference | 14 | 180 | 100 | 80 | .556 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.59 | 2.74 | 4 | 2 | Clemson |
| 5 | Pac-12 Conference | 12 | 153 | 82 | 71 | .536 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.53 | 2.16 | 4 | 2 | Washington |
| 6 | Independent | 6 | 75 | 43 | 32 | .573 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | -1.67 | -2.47 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | American Athletic Conference | 12 | 153 | 76 | 77 | .497 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | -2.71 | -2.63 | 1 | 2 | UCF |
| 8 | Mountain West Conference | 12 | 152 | 78 | 74 | .513 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | -2.72 | -3.02 | 1 | 3 | Fresno State |
| 9 | Sun Belt Conference | 10 | 126 | 65 | 61 | .516 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | -4.21 | -4.07 | 0 | 0 | Appalachian State |
| 10 | Mid-American Conference | 12 | 152 | 68 | 84 | .447 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | -5.95 | -3.95 | 0 | 0 | Northern Illinois |
| 11 | Conference USA | 14 | 176 | 83 | 93 | .472 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | -7.22 | -5.83 | 0 | 0 | UAB |
Consensus All-Americans